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Why does all javascript/jquery functioning of oxwall become disabled after I add jquery to the site? | Forum

Topic location: Forum home » Development » Custom Code Modifications

Zachary Sep 30 '14

I want to have a character count when adding a blog post.

My code is

Sean Oct 3 '14

Try this:

<script>
    $(document).ready(function(){
        var status = $("#counter");
        $("#post").keyup(function(){
            var cVal = jQuery(this).val();
            cVal = jQuery.trim(cVal);
            if(cVal.length == 0)
            {
                return;
            }
            cVal = cVal.replace(/['\.\?"]/,"");
            var words = cVal.split(/\W/);
            var chars = cVal.length;
            status.text("You've written "+words.length+" word(s) and "+chars+" characters.");
        })
    })
</script>

Zachary Oct 3 '14

@sean Its not working. I have no idea why though. If I reference the latest jquery it works, but then all other javascript stops. Then I thought there maybe a conflict, when I inserted no conflict for the two to work simultaneously it still never worked.

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Daisy Nov 4 '14

Zachary, seems there is syntax error (see the screenshot). Please check if the code is correct.

Also, could you please specify how you added this script?

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Why does all javascript/jquery functioning of oxwall become disabled after I add jquery to the site? | Forum